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hemoccult

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Hemoccult /He·moc·cult/ (he´mo-kult) trademark for a guaiac reagent strip test for occult blood.
he·moc·cult (hm-klt)
n.
A qualitative test for hidden blood in the stool, based upon detecting the peroxidase activity of hemoglobin.


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This study was conducted in conjunction with EXACT Sciences' multi-center study of its stool-based DNA test, PreGen-Plus(TM), which showed a four-fold sensitivity advantage versus Hemoccult II, the most widely prescribed FOBT on the market today, as published in the December 23, 2004 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Hemoccult II was chosen as the comparator as it is the only fecal occult blood test, and only colorectal cancer screening test, proven to reduce the incidence and risk of death from colorectal cancer.
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